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A Court of Thorns and Roses (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #1)

Sarah J. Maas

Start date: February 1, 2024

Finish date: February 29, 2024

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Jan 23, 2016 Carrie rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: fantasy, fantasy-romance, fae, fairies, need-to-buy-in-paperback, library, magical

Dec 2020 update:

Going back and rereading this after being caught up in the series is such a different feeling, catching the hints and reading between the lines. Knowing the characters and the why. An insider rather then an outsider.

Also I never realized that this reread was almost 5 years later.

Jan 2016
If you are a lover of Beauty and the Beast retellings, if you like your fantasy to involve magical realms, fairies, romance, a wickedness that is just too good then you'll enjoy this book.

Can n ...more

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Dec 26, 2014 Khulood rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: books-i-want-to-read-reread-in-2015, read-in-2015

I really enjoyed "A Court of Thorns and Roses".. Some parts dragged a little, and I skimmed a few paragraphs every now and then, but it didn't take away from the enjoyment of the book. ...more

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Jul 12, 2022 Bruin Mccon rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: library-ebook, library-audiobook, pub-2015

”Be glad of your human heart, Feyre. Pity those who don’t feel anything at all.”

A Court of Thorns and Roses is a well known YA fantasy novel sometimes categorized as romance. As the 85,388th person to review this novel (and 1,038,966th person to rate it), there’s not much that hasn’t already been said.

As a romance novel, it’s pretty meh. As a fantasy novel, I think it is well known and nearing the level of classic, but I’m not a fantasy reader. I’m fairly lukewarm on this book. I even skipped se ...more

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May 27, 2015 Lauren added it · review of another edition

Shelves: i-give-up

I tried to read this for 2 weeks and it never took off for me. Pretty disappointing because I really wanted to rave with everyone else. Maybe another time...

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